Wednesday Workings, June 25, 2025

 

Happy Wednesday!  These are the 36 blocks needed for Garnets and Lilies by Kim Diehl.  I will be calling my project Katniss. I am not at a stop, but the next part involves making bias stems.  The instructions call for a 3/8" bias bar, which I don't have right now.

I did order them with delivery expected Monday.  I will be moving on to the next steps in the meantime.  Each four blocks get sewn together and then there is the inner border pieces to stitch.  Lots of preping involved in the 36 leaves as well.  I will be busy until they arrive.  The bias bars make easy the stems of the applique portions.

Sorry for the quality of this photo.  The "X" in the center of the block is what I will be using the tool for.  There are many ways to accomplish this task, but the fabric is a bit heavy for me to consider other bias tape tools I already have in my tool box and simply making them by hand.

Panda was finished in my Children's Zoo cross stitch project.  Zebra is quite far along too.  I was surprised the zebra called for this color floss, but animals in this zoo aren't always in line with the real McCoy!  My Children's Zoo stitching is nearly done.  Next nighttime project will be Autumn Love's applique parts.

Today is a DH family dinner at King's Fish House in Carlsbad.  We all get together once a year around this time when his nephew comes to town.  We will be missing one of DH's brother and his better half this time around due to some surgery and grandchild sitting.  We are looking forward to being around family today.

Enjoy your Wednesday =^.^=

Design Wall Monday, June 23, 2025

 

Garnets and Lilies by Kim Diehl is on my wall today.  I am building the 36 stars currently.  There are three blocks using 12 reds.  The three gingham prints, the center of the stars, are scattered in each of the groupings.  

I have some marking to do on what remains to be sewn.  There will be some applique in this project using one of the ginghams and wait until you see the stripes =^.^=  This project is a 2025 UFO.  I think this one will be called Katniss.  

The top of the Pop Medley quilt is all sewn.  Need a back for this one that I will be seeking from my stash.

We had a fun time, probably too much fun...yesterday between Old Town and Little Italy.  Taking the trolley is so convenient.  Margaritas along with salsa, guacamole, black bean dip, and fresh chips were prominent in the three places we enjoyed.  Certainly can't do a day like this too much!

Sunday Stash Report, June 22, 2025

 

This project is called Pop Medley by Beverly Delaney (Quick Quilts #91).  I try to bring a simple project to Rosie's on the Fridays when the group meets and this was the one for this past Friday.  I took some time to use my Accuquilt cutter to cut the 3 1/2" halves of these blocks.  It calls for two blocks of each fabric in rainbow colors.  My friend Marla's sister had started with a few blocks and left me with some fabric, but my stash filled in most of it.  It took quite a bit of unsewing after the day at Rosie's URGH because I failed to notice that there is also in the design calling for the 1 1/2" strip to change not once or twice, but four times at it travels through the top.  In what was given me there were two different fabrics.  Like a dunce I hadn't studied the pattern and low and behold left the pattern at home.  So I went merrily on the chain piecing journey all day.  When I got home and checked the pattern...oh my gosh!  My seam ripper came into play nearly all day.  Two more strip fabrics were found in my stash to fill in the missing fabrics.  I suggest you read the instructions before you begin; certainly not the way I did it =^.^=  The borders were to be a dark brown fabric.  You can see I changed it out to something a bit brighter.  I will be sewing this all together in the coming week.

I have about half the blocks done on Garnets and Lilies.  It is best to work with one sewing machine on a project to keep the seam allowances the same.  There will be more to share with you tomorrow when I have it back up on my design wall.

DH's birthday is today.  We will be heading south towards downtown on the trolley later today.  Not sure where we will end up.  We like adventures with new experiences.  No telling what this lovely day has in store for us.

No change to my stash report, but that will change next week when Pop Medley is completed into a top.

Used this week: 0 yards 
Used YTD: 180.75 yards 
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 78.25 yards
Net used in 2025: 102.5 yards